Discreet Biohazard Cleanup Near North Walcott Walcott, IA

Walcott is a small city in Scott County, with a small portion in Muscatine County, in eastern Iowa, and most of it lies in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island (Quad Cities) metropolitan area.

Walcott was originally platted in 1854 and named for William Walcott, a director of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad who donated $500 in 1855 to build a school on the condition that the town be named after him.

The first passenger train route west of the Mississippi River began service through Walcott in 1855 and helped the town grow.

Walcott was incorporated on July 10, 1894, after 54 of 81 votes cast by its 354 residents favored incorporation.

Walcott was the first rural community in Scott County to build a water system and water tower, completed in 1897.

In 1911, Walcott was declared the richest town in the United States relative to its population of about 300, based on bank deposits reported by Dunn & Co. in the Bankers' Journal of New York.

The 2020 census counted 1,551 people in Walcott, living in 664 households and 417 families.

Walcott's Interstate 80 interchange is home to Iowa 80, the world's largest truck stop, which opened in 1964 and sprawls over more than 200 acres with parking for about 900 trucks.

Next to the truck stop, the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum displays more than 100 antique trucks, including a 1903 Eldridge believed to be the oldest American-made truck still in existence.

Every July, Walcott hosts the Walcott Truckers Jamboree at Iowa 80, a festival of antique trucks, live music and the Super Truck Beauty Contest that drew some 44,000 people in 2021.